Red Wings rally, spoil Hurricanes' opener

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Oct 5, 2013 at 12:01 AMOct 5, 2013 at 12:48 AM

Times-News

RALEIGH — It was almost all good until the end for the Carolina Hurricanes in Friday night’s opener.

The Hurricanes couldn’t hold a two-goal lead in the final period and they paid for it in overtime when Stephen Weiss scored his first goal as a member of the Detroit Red Wings, sending Carolina to a 3-2 loss at PNC Arena.

Newcomers Radek Dvorak and Nathan Gerbe scored goals for Carolina.

Weiss, who joined the Red Wings as a free agent in the offseason, controlled a rebound and pushed the puck past Carolina goalie Cam Ward.

Henrik Zetterberg forced overtime by scoring with 16.4 seconds left in regulation on a scramble in front of the net after the Red Wings (2-0) pulled goalie Jimmy Howard for an extra skater.

Ward stopped 34 shots.

Dvorak, taking only the third shot of the game for the Hurricanes, poked in a pass from Jeff Skinner.

Ward, who missed the final 27 games last season with a knee injury, stopped all 17 shots through two periods. He blocked Pavel Datsyuk’s short-handed breakaway late in the second period.

Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader broke through 42 seconds into the third period with a wrist shot.